TÜBİTAK 2553 Support for GTU Academic

March 14, 2025 - GTU Office of Press and Public Relations

Project titled "Smart Greenhouse Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture Through Industrial Innovation Partnership Between Türkiye and Pakistan," led by Prof. Yusuf Sinan Akgül, Faculty Member of the Department of Computer Engineering at Gebze Technical University (GTU) and Executive Board Member of the GTU Smart Agriculture Application and Research Center (ATAM), is accepted under the TÜBİTAK 2553 Bilateral Cooperation Support Program with the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF).

In the project, Prof. Yelda Özden-Çiftçi, Director of ATAM and Head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MBG) at GTU, along with Assoc. Prof. Mine Gül-Şeker, MBG Faculty Member and Deputy Director of ATAM; Assoc. Prof. Habil Kalkan, Faculty Member of the Department of Computer Engineering at GTU; and Asst. Prof. Ahmet Güneş from the Institute of Defense Technologies are included as researchers.

The project will be carried out under the leadership of Prof. Yusuf Sinan Akgül and Dr. Momina Moetesum, Faculty Member at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Pakistan, with the project partnership of Abdülaziz Akyol and Burak Keksin from CX Technology Ltd., located in the GTU TEKNOPARK, and the SME partnership of Fauji Fertilizers Company Ltd. (Pakistan).

This project aims to develop smart greenhouse technologies to contribute to agricultural production in the face of changing climate conditions and decreasing available agricultural land. The smart greenhouse concept to be developed will incorporate IoT (Internet of Things) technologies, as well as artificial intelligence models that predict product yield and smart infrastructure. Additionally, the project aims to adopt soilless farming methods, promoting alternative production techniques that enhance resource efficiency and contribute to global food security. Another goal is to reduce the environmental impacts (such as biotic and abiotic stress conditions) on agricultural production.